On Mon, Jul 28, 2003 at 11:35:56AM -0500, Lansing, Dan wrote: > I started the X server with no WM installed....smart huh??? > Now I have this pretty flashing screen that will allow me to do > nothing....i have tried CTRL+ALT+BKSPC and nothing > happens...same with CTRL"+ALT+ESC...short of power cycle > nothing works....when I rebooted it went straight away into X > How do I get back to my loverly CLI and fix my fsck-up? Also > would the fact that I used my XF86Config from my FreeBSD > install on the same laptop be an issue? Did you try ctrl+alt+F1 (or any of the F#s 1-6)? You should be able to get to a virtual terminal that way and fix you problem from the command line. -- Jim Crumley |Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List (TCLUG) crumley at fields.space.umn.edu |Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Ruthless Debian Zealot |http://www.mn-linux.org/ Never laugh at live dragons |Dmitry's free,Jon's next? http://faircopyright.org _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list